Invalid&#39;s bed.



L. J. KUHN.

INVALID'S BED.

APPLICATION FILED 050.4. ms.

1,192,647; Patented July 25,1916.

4 awumlo a LOUIS J. KUHN, OF LATROIBE, PENNSYLVANIA.

INVALIDS BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed December 4, 1915. Serial No. 65,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. KUHN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Latrobe, in the county of VVestmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in InvalidsBeds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in beds for invalids, the objectof the invention being to provide an improved bed of this characterwhich may be readily folded, which provides an opening for the relief ofa bed sore andfor other purposes, which is highly sanitary, which may bereadily kept clean, and which is extremely comfortable to the patientand greatly reduces the labor of nursing the patient.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangementof devices, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of aninvalid bed constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same showing thebed in extended position for use, in full lines, and in folded positionin dotted lines.

The frame 1 of the bed comprises members 2 and 3 which are connectedtogether by hinges 4; so that one member may be folded on the other asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The bottom of the frame is composed oflongitudinally arranged slats 5 which are properly spaced apart and theends 6 and. sides 7 of the frame are made of boards as here shown.

The top 8 of the bed is composed of longitudinally and transverselyarranged and interwoven strips 9 of suitable fabric, such, for instance,as strong duck or webbing, or the like, and over the top is a cover 10which is also made of suitable fabric, such as duck or webbing. The topand cover are stitched together and their ends and sides are secured onthe outer sides of the ends and sides of the frame by means of moldings11 which moldings are secured by nails or screws on the frame and formthe upper guides for doors 12, the sides 7 of the frame having openings13 to enable a vessel or the like to be placed in the bed or removedtherefrom, said doors being slidable and the frame being provided withlower guides 13 for the doors. L-shaped corner braces 14 are providedwhich are secured in the angles Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor between the bottom, sides and ends and also in the angles betweenthe sides and ends of the frame, as shown. When the bed is in extendedposition for use, its members are secured together by suitable hooks 15.

An opening 16 is made in the top of the bed for the relief of a bed soreand for other purposes, and the top is provided with a square of rubberor Cantfield sheeting as at 16 around the opening. The opening is boundwith tape as at 17.

The bed is preferably used on top of a mattress, springs or bed slatsand is extremely comfortable to a patient and when the patient has a bedsore and the opening is arranged below the sore, pressure on the latteris avoided and the sore is permitted to rapidly heal. A comforter madeof cheese cloth or the like and with an opening therein to register withthat in the bed top may also be used to increase the comfort of the bedand such comforter can be readily cleaned. The bed can be vused eitherwith or without the comforter.

Owing to the construction of the frame of the bed and the provision ofthe openings in the sides of the bed frame, the bed is thoroughly airedand ventilated, thus greatly permitting the comfort and assisting in thetreatment of the patient. 7

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

A bed of the class described comprising a frame consisting of a pair ofmembers, hinges connecting said frame members together so that one framemember may be folded on the other, a fabric covering on the upper sideof said frame, the ends of the cover or top of the bed being arranged onthe outer sides of the sides and ends of the frame, moldings secured onthe sides and ends of the frame and securing the cover or top in placeand also forming guides, the sides of the frame members having openingsand being also provided with lower guides, and sliding doors to open andclose said openings and operate in said guide moldings and lower guides.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS J. KUHN.

Witnesses:

E. V. NESSLER, WV. M. BARRON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. C.

